Original copper engraving of the ruins of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire, seen from the meadow, with two figures of surveyors in the foreground. The date of publication, June 1785, and the publisher Samuel Hooper are lettered below the image.
Original copper engraving of the ruins of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire, seen from the meadow, with two figures of surveyors in the foreground. The date of publication, June 1785, and the publisher Samuel Hooper are lettered below the image.
Samuel Hooper was the publisher of Francis Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, the great 18th-century repertory of British ruins and monuments, from which this engraving comes.
Medium: Copper engraving
Publisher: Samuel Hooper, London
Date: June 1785
Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.4 in (25.2 x 18.8 cm)
Condition: Good, laid paper with wide margins.